Name Arun Kumar Sharma Designation: Associate Professor II

Name Arun Kumar Sharma

Designation: Associate Professor II

Academic Qualification:

MFA in Ceramic & Pottery, BHU Varanasi

BFA Ceramic & Pottery, BHU Varanasi

Contact address:

Office Silpa-Sadana(PSV)

Pottery-Ceramics Department

Visva Bharati University

Sriniketan, Santiniketan,

Bolpur, Birbhum,

West Bengal, PIN: 731236

Residence: New B-1 Type Flat Ground Floor,

Quarter No. 55, South Andrews Palli,

Santiniketan,

West Bengal,

PIN 731235.

Phone No. 0919434636787.

Office 03463264725 Residence. 03465264561

Email aksharma.pottery@gmail.com

Research areas of Interest

in Rural Pottery-Ceramics Technology and developing Rural Pottery at 'Low

Cost' without breaking the sense of Art to have an economic value

Interested in Ceramic glazed murals at Rabindra Sarovar Metro Railway

Station, Kolkata

Interested in Ceramic Raw glaze, Fritted glazes, stain colours , stoneware

glaze, porcelain glaze, coloured bodies ,crystalline glazes.

Interested in Wood Work, Sculpture, Ceramic Masks, Ceramic Portraits and

Design and also in Ceramic tiles.

Teaching experience (chronological details)

27 years at Silpa-Sadana, Visva-Bharati

Administrative experience (chronological details):

22 years work as TIC Ceramic & Pottery Silpa-Sadana

Doctoral Supervision PhD/M.Phil students:

Two students were awarded National Scholarship under Ministry of

Culture,Govt. of India in the field of Pottery-Ceramics and they were fully

guided by me

Awards and honors

Awarded in the Annual Exhibition of Arts organized by Faculty of Music and

Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, U.P.

National Scholarship in the field of Pottery-Ceramics in 1980 conducted by

Ministry of Culture, HRD, Govt. of India

Gold Medal Awarder in Master Degree (M. Fine) from B.H.U. , Banaras, U.P

Conference/Seminar/Symposia/Academic or consultancy Programmes attended:

Participated and awarded in the Annual Exhibitions of Arts organized by

the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, B.H.U., Banaras

Exhibited on Pottery-Ceramics in New Delhi in 1979

Participated in Chakra Group Exhibition during Oct. 01 to 05, 1984 in New

Delhi

Participated in Group Exhibition in '88 Gallery', Calcutta on 15th Aug. 1989

Participated in the Pottery and Ceramics Camp organised by Lalit Kala

Academy, New Delhi from March 15 to 29, 1992 Participated in XIth All

India Studio Potters' Exhibition in 1995

Participated in Group Exhibition organized by British Council on January,

1996 Participated in Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Arts & Culture,

Calcutta in 1996

Participated as a resource person in a workshop for Vocational Trainers

organized by the Jalpaiguri Welfare Organisation in Collaboration with Ali

Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped in 1997

My entire exhibitions including reviews had been published in the

respective 'Dailies' like 'The Hindustan Times', 'The Statesman' etc. Done a

Lecture and demonstration Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,.

National Camp in Ceramics in 2004 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,

Pottery-Ceramic Camp organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi in

1992

Presented a Paper on “Glazing on Earthenware” and chaired a technical

session on National Level Design and Technical Development Workshop

organized SHRISTI for Traditional Rural Potters held in 2007.

Presented a paper on Pottery Product Design in a training programme for

the artisan Potters at Kumartuly, Kolkata in 2007 organized by the Govt.

College of Engg. & Ceramic Technology, Kolkata.

Workshop done at Bhubaneswar on Rural Technology.

Done a Workshop for the Vocational Trainers at Jalpaiguri Welfare

Organization, West Bengal.

Attended workshop held at Bhubaneswar from July 20-27, 1998 on the

subject of Rural Technology.

Offered an interview for Lecture cum Demonstration at the Department of

Pottery-Ceramic Department at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi –

221005 in 2004.

Done a Design and Technical Development Workshop for Rural Handicraft

at Indira Gandhi Rastriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,

in 2009.

Done a workshop on Diversification of Ceramic Pottery Cluster at Ujjain,

Madhya Pradesh, in 2010.

Done a Ceramic Glaze Workshop for Rural Handicraft at Indira Gandhi

Rastriya Manav Sangrahalaya, at Bharat Bhawan. Bhopal, Madhya

Pradesh, in 2011.

Attend the 2nd China Changchun International Ceramic Symposium from

20th July to 10th August 2012 organized by Changchun Municipal Foreign

Affairs Office, Renmin Street, Chachun Jilin Province, P.K. China ,

Attend As a Fellow in the Karigar Congress- 2012 from 17-09-2012 and 18-

09-2012. Organized by Madhya Pradesh Council of Science &

Technology at Vigyan Bhawan, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal ( M.P)

Attend in National Ceramic Camp at Bhopal from 6th to 14th October

,2012 Conduct the Terracotta cum Ceramic Workshop from 03- 01 - 2013 to

12- 01-2013in Scluptor Depertment, College of Fine Arts, Karnataka

Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore.

Attend as a Judge Of Drawing Competition for school children at

Geetanjali, Bolpur, Birbhum (W.B.) On 24-03-2013.

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